Oyashio

Oyashio was an Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer that was built at the Maizuru Naval Arsenal and commissioned on 20 August 1940. Oyashio served as an escort of the carrier Ryujo during the invasion of the Philippines, and it later took part in the invasion of the Dutch East Indies. Oyashio took part in the naval campaigns around Guadalcanal, and it took part in a troop transport run to Kolombangara on the night of 7-8 May 1943. The ship struck mines when leaving Vila, and, while dead in the water, she was hit by an air attack and took a direct hit, taking 91 lives. The ship then proceeded to sink.